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The Moon on Saturday, January 23, 1909: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on January 23, 1909Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 January 1909360,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 23, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
360,607 km224,071 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1909 is on Friday, February 5, 1909 at 08:25 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 22, 1909 at 00:12 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 22, 190900:12
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 28, 190915:07

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Saturday, January 23, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1909 to the new moon of February 20, 1909, a cycle of 29.44 days.